Description:
NAMASTE is one of the first joint projects under the coordinated call between the European Union (EU) and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, with participants from both EU countries (Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Hungary, Netherlands, Germany) and India (Assam, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu). The main aim of the NAMASTE Project is to develop innovative, comprehensive and industry-relevant approaches for the valorization of citrus, mango and pomegranates by-products and wheat and rice bran through the environmentally and economically sustainable conversion of these by-products into healthy food ingredients, foods and feeds. The project is running from spring 2010 to early 2013.